is pakistan able to counter india's move in kashmir islamabad has taken several actions since move delhi scrapped the autonomy of this contested area it says war is not an option but can an armed conflict be averted this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program m homage enjoy him kashmir has long been a flashpoint between india and pakistan and by revoking the indian administered regions autonomy india has just made things worse although islamabad says not to the point of it considering military action for now pakistan's government is looking to challenge kashmir is disputed status politically and legally it's downgraded diplomatic ties with new delhi suspended trade and shut down a major train service to its neighbor india has pakistan to review what it's doing in retaliation to what it says is an internal affair come on high there are reports from islamabad. award. for tag and. call the pakistani foreign minister now shooting down india vision about pakistan's downgrading of diplomatic relations saying that this was a unilateral action by india. to dani move. he feared another

in new york thank you very much his go to kemal hide in areas in the pakistan capital islamabad is i'm about and. kemal despite this being a fairly short meeting it doesn't seem to that a great deal of agreement among the 15 members sitting around the table nonetheless pakistan presenting this as a significant victory in a 1st step in pakistan's diplomatic campaign. absolutely. mike hanna mentioning the fact that this is 50. and for the 1st time in 50 years this issue has come back to the united nations august on this claiming that this is a diplomatic dream and when decades export into view that this is no longer by a larger issue needs international intervention i started this particular. entity stingley buggiest on the prime minister imran khan called the us president. just on sports vision on the situation from india unilateral action saudi foreign minister we're going to look speaking off the united nations security council meeting and say when decay did pakistan's point of view that was indeed an internationally recognized dispute between india and pakistan so strong language com

going on tomorrow to live for us in islamabad thank you. pilgrims in mecca a climbing mount hour of fat on day 2 of the hard they'll pray and recite the koran before performing the stoning of the devil ritual more than 2000000 people are in saudi arabia for this religious gathering as one of the 5 pillars of islam ok let's just do some latest pictures if we can and as we do that we'll talk to the guy he's a visiting research on islamic studies at george mason university he joins us from atlanta in the u.s. . to get the sense that this hard is different to proceeding previous hardships in as much as there are so many political tensions around this region right now well i know that for many people and i should say thank you very much for having me this morning it's an honor to speak on the subject on the morning of the day of our. i understand that it may seem that way but the truth of the matter is that pilgrims from around the world despite the tensions that are happening in the region around the world have always been able to sort of brack

islamabad suspending a rail service between the two countries. the u.n. has described the draconiaian."taccon hello and welcome back to thee newsroom. i am claire pryde. according g to the u.s. israeli military, his body was discovered between jerusalem and hebron. so far, no claim of responsibility. jerusalem now and speak to our corresponondent, makler.ackler -- ris irris: he was living in that settlement and studying at a a jewishearnrning schoolol in another part o of the e st bana, and hihis body was f found thers mething g like 2:30 a.m. the police, soldiers, and sesecurity services, they suspet it may be more than one person, to take a body and dumump it wod meanan that youu need at least a driver and someone to carry out the attack, seselect the m mome, they havave set up checkpoints t a number of villllages that lolk ouout on thehe region, and theye going through a number of villages to find a number. also worth remembering that this s is a kidnanapping tt went wrong, because palestinian militatants do kidnap israeli soldiers, believing they will

our reporter is in islamabad. tell us about the reaction to this controverersial move by inindia. the leadership in the country idid they will try out every possible option to stop india its plans. in which theeeting future plans of the military were discussed. after the meeting, there was a statement given by the public relations, saying the military actions andindian they will go to every extent to help. >> what could happen next? >> the situation has become more .ntense these people have told us they are seeing these military movements. the government is seen as a right wing move. they can take a page of this sentiment and lalaunch a new - - and the administrative --. there are chances of m more chances of [indiscernible] >> much more on that update from islamabad. let's move to north korea firing to short range ballistic missiles. fourth such launch in less than two weeks. >> it fired two short-range range missiles similar to this one. they have -- infuriatedas pyeongchang. it is generally avoided firing missiles while the wargames take place. >> we see this going a ainst the

and talabani in doha come on high to has more from islamabad. it has taken almost a year of intense diplomatic efforts as a u.s. special envoy has been shuttling between beijing islamabad new delhi and called was also important or nor did for the 1st time there was room for optimism both the other one taliban and the united states upbeat about the prospects of reaching a final status in maine to end an 18 year old war and of understand recently the pakistani prime minister who was invited to washington by the u.s. president what story by the united states that the united states would be appreciative of august on his role in trying to come to some sort of an agreement by fertility dating that drugs with the afghan taliban also important in order that it is their state of qatar which has given the taliban representation in their country and therefore also acting on their fertility and ordered to find a solution 2 days decades or wall of more than a 100 people have died in weeks of flooding in bangladesh and 7000000 are at risk that's according to

hyder joins us live now from islamabad to tell us more about how the day has played alkmaar. where did we had just been me on duty. and of course they did not come to an end because the sun they said oh we're here. but another rally were going there all denied by the jamaat islami. going on and we had ordered that the leadership of the army sent a message to the government and their dryly there dave they don't do anything good that your market will then take matters into their own hands i thought and that is foreign to the indian movies concerned as you mentioned august on foreign minister and already in beijing is already holding drugs were just down the bar in china the chinese have come out very strongly in support of targets don because they too are against the unilateral moves by india also important to note that focused on had now completely charted for a length. stored all show that about $200.00 indian who are still in your son are going to be repaired ga dated around midnight to. night will be the largest rainfall. and. denounce that day will be uprooting the. utica

are high between the 2 nuclear powered neighbors as he treated accusations of attacks on each other islamabad is accusing india of using banned plastic bombs new delhi says pakistan is standing fight is to stage attacks across the border the valley is on the edge fia and panic over how little is known about what's to come priyanka gupta. what pakistan's prime minister hopes wallet tensions with india over kashmir late into a regional crisis reports from the pakistani capital islamabad. on a prime minister. committee of the cabinet by all the. united nations security council should ignore. developing in the region blamed for sending. troops and. that it. may go for another on the other hand. you. which are banned under the geneva convention. the international community. of the theory or. the prime minister. and the us president should mediate but india had said all along that it. is the director of strategic and international relations holding a consultancy specializing in india and south asia he says a resolution that appeals to old sides will be difficult to reach. from the kashmiri point of

envoys afghanistan has met pakistan's prime minister and other senior officials in islamabad a spear for a crucial round of talks between the u.s. and the taliban in doha cammarata has more from islamabad it has taken almost a year of intense diplomatic efforts as a u.s. special envoy has been shuttling between beijing islamabad new delhi and kabul also important are norgaard for the 1st time there was room for optimism body of one taliban and the united states upbeat about the prospects of reaching a final status in maine to end an 18 year old war and of understand recently the pakistani prime minister who was invited to washington by the u.s. president was story by the united states that the united states would be appreciative of august arms role in trying to come to some sort of an agreement by fertility dating.

autonomy we have correspondents on both sides of the story come out haidar is standing by for us in islamabad 1st we cross over to priyanka gupta in new delhi for any. reaction from ns in our forty's to what's coming out of islam about priyanka. well they read india has issued a strong rebuttal to what probably save a said yesterday to the list of actions that islam about said that he intends to take against india like us not being all trade ties with india as well as scaling back diplomatic relations in ministry of external affairs has issued a strongly worded statement retreating india's longstanding position that all matters related to disputed kashmir region is basically india's internal matter essentially oskin pakistan to back off its accusing is of taking unilateral action and also quote invoking at alarmist a vision in the region to the rest of the world and saying that it's a tense to internationalize the issue of could be that it has. rejected will not succeed and we're hearing more arrests in indian administered kashmir what information are you able to get out of the region. we are

well as we said there were also huge protests in islamabad kemal high there was there. tolerant of big brother have. which is also of a popular protest avenue shouting distance from august on spiderman despite the heavy rain how then the people have come the government has scored a major rally to show their solidarity with the people of the me also important to note that the pakistani foreign minister had already holding talks with the chinese counterpart pakistan wants to take this to the united nations security council we've been talking to the people there young and brought them about how they feel and why they're. still the same. things just. coming from. his. name going to face and that it has been a pretty heavy rains but it has halted stop anybody from getting here to protest that event off article $317.00 he'd be tweeting that india has essentially shot itself in the foot. the same is a senior lecturer in international relations at king's college london he says the u.s. presidents often to mediate in the dispute is surprised those following the longstanding tens

tremendous support across pakistan they have been rally there not that it is but the one in islamabad is going to be big and it is. the country's prime minister. will be arriving and talking to this crowd that is now gathering parliament and give us an idea of how widespread and how deeply the people of pakistan feel about what's going on india and administered kashmir. well you have to understand that these are 12000000 mostly and this is a majority muslim area the sentiments are basically sympathy for their muslim brothers and sisters on the other side and this is for the 1st time that progress on is marking its independence day also and the solar doubted the people of india and administered kashmir and pitch meetings word wide for the 1st time we see people carrying that. alongside the pakistani flag all along on the streets so the question really of flag is flying high along the pakistani flag story indeed and also not to forget that about 4000000 kashmiris live on the targets on the site and pakistani administered kashmir relatives. have been got to go on. all right to come out f

accusing the indian government of preparing to broaden its control come out harder has more now from islamabad. any prime minister. meeting all national security committee of the cabinet by all the chief. united nations security council should take note of. that developing in the region pakistan had blamed india for sending tens of thousands of troops into indian occupied kashmir. standard india may go for another day on the other hand india had denied that. and under the geneva convention focused on war and the international community taking note of this. there was the prime minister saying that time for now and the us president should mediate but india has said all along that it is a bilateral issue that has to be between islamabad and new delhi. surround chaldea is professor and dean at the jindal school of international pheasant india he has more on the indian perspective. so there is a lot of jihadist activity and lot of a fundamentalist groups that are itching to attack non muslims so i think there is a problem here we are trying to resolve and at the same time i must say that india does

is pakistan able to counter india's move in kashmir islamabad has taken several actions since new delhi scrapped the autonomy of this contested area it says war is not an option but can an armed conflict be averted this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. kashmir has long been a flashpoint between india and pakistan and by revoking the indian administered regions autonomy india has just made things worse although islamabad says not to the point of it considering military action for now pakistan's government is looking to challenge kashmir is disputed status politically and legally it's downgraded diplomatic ties with new delhi suspended trade and shut down a major train service to its neighbor india has pakistan to review what it's doing in retaliation to what it says is an internal affair come on hyder reports from islamabad. award. for tag and. call the pakistani foreign minister now shooting down india division about pakistan's downgrading of diplomatic relations saying that this was a unilateral action by india when they do move. he feared another false flag will put

tariq herzog is a pakistan security analyst and he joins us from islamabad welcome to all of our guests let me start with you these moves that pakistan is making suspending train service to india threatening to close airspace to india downgrading diplomatic ties with india what kind of effect will it have in the long run well the initial let me start with the initial effect of that the purpose of severing. done grading the diplomatic ties is a to send a message to the war that there are tensions between india and pakistan to look because of the actions taken by moody to simply strip the people of this repeat of that but i had to go in themselves and all of the liberties that is now that is now days deployed that if you don't take an action now the situation would. move towards a direct military confrontation so the downgrading of diplomatic ties actually sends a clear message of what i just mentioned it does the art of the war that tensions are very high that the normal ties have become strained that the diplomatic ties no longer you know why of all cannot be maintained as such and the

between islamabad and new delhi. well let's get more on this we're joined now by michael kuhlmann deputy director and senior associate for south asia at the wilson center and he's joining us from annapolis in the u.s. state of maryland very good to have you with us on a quite extraordinary measures even by the standards of the indian government in kashmir what are they doing do you think their security concerns that they're citing valid or something bigger at play here. well so far the only explanation we've had from the indian government is that there's a security threat there's a terrorist threat but india has been doing in terms of these very dramatic such as ordering the mandatory evacuations of tourists and closing schools putting local leaders under house arrest to me that suggests that something is much greater is at play than a mere terrorist threat there have been terror threats and gotten here many times before and the the indian authorities do not act like this so i really think that there's something broa

in islamabad thank you very much. well i've been speaking to sri ram chali a professor and dean at that indulge school of international affairs he has more on the indian perspective so there is a lot of the hardest activity and lot of a fundamentalist groups there are itching to attack non muslims so i think there is a problem here we are trying to resolve and at the same time i must say that india does have a plan as you mentioned i think they want to integrate in a similar question or fully into india because kashmir has had a special status or not on a meal with any other long time under the indian constitution under the new and newly reinvigorated leadership of prime minister narendra modi after the elections they are looking at you know taking preemptive measures to sideline the separatists and the secessionists and to use security as well as other developmental needs of train you know integrate kashmir better so i think that's the long term plan what we are seeing now at the border what you're hearing from god i

or with the latest from islamabad thank you let's go to priyanka gupta now who is joining us from new delhi with the latest there it's very difficult to get information it really from both sides right now but what have you been able to learn. we understand that friday prayers has concluded in the indian be where pots large parts of the region including she know which the largest city of the region was made to it is there it's tight restrictions in on the roads there locals are only allowed to their neighborhood more so that's where they. prayed and they were allowed they were allowed only for some time and they were asked to return back to their homes we understand that tens of thousands of. troops have been deployed to preempt any protests that by happen after the friday prayers we understand that new delhi has also sent national security advisor. to force to be monitored any developments there this is a huge security challenge for the indian government to ensure that there is peace and security at least for the fust friday after those huge decisions that the government took on monda

i'll cross the line of control thousands around in pakistan a large rally has started in the capital islamabad pakistan's foreign minister as welcome a little administration and has also arrived in beijing to gain china's support come on higher has more. the project on a foreign ministers your member would go to a she is already meeting the chinese counterpart wong that meeting we did now underway august on of course will be marketing giant arthur for which do head war is going on or what india nearly moved to abolish article $370.00 what a budget down it will be trying to do is to mark their support just before the pakistani foreign minister dies down in beijing venier joining a different america speaking out of a briefing out of. this meeting or that is that they're ready. because china and pakistan are in broad day thousands of anti-government protesters in hong kong are rallying in the main airport that are carolan has accused them of damaging the economy it's the 2nd time they have occupied the arrivals area and last and not. but they didn't. move. to push it over to the us if he had i am

we have more from islamabad. in pakistan, it is on a somber note, most of the television networks that would normally be showing entertainment programs are concentrating on the issue of the pakistani foreign minister in kashmir. holiday it is a grave crisis. the biggest concern here in pakistan right now is not just a political factors and the wars going on between new delhi and islamabad, or the humanitarian , ands, the people in india kashmir, have been in a state of lockdown for seven days now. they are running out of food and medicine. reports indicate from that area that the situation is indeed grave and the apprehension, once these people come out, and the restrictions are lifted, there is anger on the streets, which would lead to more bloodshed. that is something the pakistani foreign minister has been , and alsobout the fact that the military chief, the general also spent time with his troops celebrating, or rather, controlg on the line of that the indian and pakistani military forces, his message is the

pakistan's successes was instead overshadowed by the continuing crisis in kashmir haidar has more from islamabad. across pakistan there have been large rallies in the province of baluchistan say in the khyber book province the punjab province but where in islamabad a very large rally that was called by the ruling party the pakistan tehreek e insaf which made an appeal to the people of pakistan that they should turn out in large numbers in order to show their solidarity with the people of kashmir who have been in a state of lockdown for almost 10 days now with the recent changes that the indian government has tried to make on the ground and with the trade of them expensing it is extremely important we feel it's important not just for pakistan not just for the rest of the most the moma for the entire woo believe in humanity human rights to stand up for these people who have been oppressed the model as you can see women and children everybody a cross-section of society is there this is going to be a large show of solidarity with the people of indian administered kashmir about a saudi prime minister

for who's in the indian capital new delhi kemal hiders in the pakistani capital islamabad 1st say let's go to mike hanna he's at the u.n. in new york so a fairly short meeting mike as we've already mentioned it was called for by the chinese ambassador pretty much soon after those consultations he came out that expressed china's own interest in the territory many people forget and think it is just a situation of pakistan versus india. yes indeed world the brevity of the meeting it lasted well under an hour a clear sign of the fact that there was no consensus among members in the security council china had wanted a joint statement to be issued after the meeting they could not get agreement within the council a number of members object ing to go on the record in terms of any formal statement following these closed door consultations so the chinese ambassador basically gave what the statement was that he would have wanted to issue in the 1st place calling on an end to any action or or unilateral action that could further inflame the tensions in the region but the as far as the security coun

is pakistan able to counter india's move in kashmir islamabad has taken several actions since mu delhi scrapped the autonomy of this contested area it says war is not an option but can an armed conflict be averted this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. kashmir has long been a flashpoint between india and pakistan and by revoking the indian administered regions autonomy india has just made things worse although islamabad says not to the point of it considering military action for now pakistan's government is looking to challenge kashmir is disputed status politically and legally it's downgraded diplomatic ties with new delhi suspended trade and shut down a major train service to its neighbor india has pakistan to review what it's doing in retaliation to what it says is an internal affair come on hyder reports from islamabad. award. for tag and. call the pakistani foreign minister now shooting down india division about. creating a diplomatic relation saying that this was a unilateral action by india when they do move he also said that he feared another false flag operati

government leaders in islamabad are being pressured by both opposition politicians . to back their words with action. and i promise to do all. you compared. with nazis and. the united nations. rights. demographic shift and for the 1st time since the crisis began. we have information and we have had security committee meetings the. knowledge that india has made a plan to take action and. mia like the action they took and. according to. they have made a more sinister plan now. not just me but the entire nation. alongside. prime minister imran khan says it will be his responsibility to take the message of kashmiris to the international community pakistan is already on for an emergency session of the un security council and while he was delivering that message in the building behind me pakistanis across the country were marking their independence day in solidarity with us even the police decorated their patrol cars with the cash we alongside pakistan's. people from all political affiliations in the capital islamabad said they want to remind the world of how india is abusi

well if the last 24 hours are anything to go by things seem to have soured quite a bit after islamabad came up with this 5 point action plan saying that it would suspend trade ties with new delhi and also scaled back the diplomatic relations with india india has fired back with a strongly worded statement coming from the external affairs ministry here accusing pakistan of taking unilateral action and saying that all matters related to the recent decision by the government backed by the parliament of india of revoking article $370.00 that is taking the autonomous status from india and also splitting the region into 2 federally administered regions or territories is in india so for indecision and also these are internal affairs of india it's also accused of in forking and alarmist vision in the region to the world and said that islamabad will not succeed in its efforts it's also. of reviewing its decision but for now there doesn't seem to be any diplomatic channels between the 2 although we did hear from the e.u. foreign policy chief. who spoke to a counterparts both in pockets and in in

people from all political affiliations in the capital islamabad said they want to remind the world of how india is abusing these. independent slogans were chanted. and rallies held in tribal areas which used to be under the control of taliban a few years ago and said to be the largest pakistani flag made this year along with the slogan that says will become pakistan. many of these people are the descendants of tribal fighters who helped the military take control of what is now pakistan administered kashmir. there is no other solution than diplomacy but many pakistanis who took to the streets. was on the. pakistan administered kashmir. request for the crisis to be discussed by the un security council chinese diplomats. but that member to be talked about in a less formal way next week the decision rests with poland which holds this month's security council presidency. strict lockdown that's been in place for 10 days and indian administered kashmir looks likely to be eased after thursday when the. dependence day. on the internet will remain cut. from new delhi. the lockdown remain tight

whereas here in islamabad we've had thousands of people are turning out for 2 protests one was headed by the government office on people's party. down there you can solve they organize a large rally just behind me idea where this is the. venue for protest progress on their equivalent of fog some people might say. children. all walks of life were represented had despite heavy rain people have braved the elements and stayed came towards their opposition to the brutal oppression they say that is being carried out against the b. but it also made also we had another rally by the jamaat islami this is a right wing religious party which is also very closely allied to the muslim brotherhood has very strong contacts. and they also came out and gave an ultimatum to the government saying that if you. respond to india you move then they were take matters into their own hands also important to nor did they progress on the foreign minister concluded today's discussions read his counterpart rang. and also the chinese president according to by the saudi foreign minister told his foreign minister to g

for more perspective of a drama islamabad based expert on political in just a teacher and a sphere and professor from the school of international affairs. you know even in round. all secretary of the prime minister's office has been trying to do the country don electricity because it did not include their news so all i think this you know are many of these trips and warnings are mainly alarmist in nature and are intended to provoke international intervention when one of the obvious imran khan published was in the new york times so clearly he's aiming at the western. liberal establishment and possibly even to again reading each person donald trump is believed to have negotiations and not the not the you know the the gun gets ahead and that's the emotional blackmail so i think the illusional an argument of our concern is not meaning many of. the viewpoints more divided and the need to look at it rationally in the moment the reader i think we'll know much more and a gradual anonymization of the situation should mean indeed part of the region has been under cover for its market lost one mo

well if the last 24 hours are anything to go by things seem to have soured quite a bit after islamabad came up with his 5 point action plan saying that it would suspend trade ties with new delhi and also scaled back a diplomatic relations with india india has fired back with a strongly worded statement coming from the external affairs ministry here accusing pakistan of taking unilateral action and saying that all matters related to their recent decision by the government backed by the parliament of india of revoking article $370.00 that is taking the autonomous status from the indian embassy and also splitting the region into 2 federally administered regions or tied trees in india sulphur in decision and also these are internal affairs of india is also accused of invoking and alarmist vision in the region to the wallet and said that islamabad will not succeed in its efforts it's also. of reviewing its decision but for now there doesn't seem to be any diplomatic channels between the 2 although we did hear from the e.u. foreign policy chief. who spoke to a counterparts both in pockets an

to has more now from islamabad. any prime minister. meeting all faded national security committee of the cabinet recorder tended by all the armed forces chief. said that the united nations security council should day ignored. that did developing in the region budgets on had blamed india for sending tens of thousands of troops into indian occupied kashmir that it's going on and budget standard india may go for another day on the other hand india had denied that you nation which are banned under the geneva convention august on war and the international community are taking note of the fears there was being the prime minister saying that the time for drug lords now and the us president should mediate but india has said all along that it is a bilateral issue that has to be between islamabad and new delhi. hong kong's government has warned that continuous protests pushing the territory to what it's calling an extremely dangerous edge of the demonstrations that began months ago over a proposed extradition or have morphed into want to anger a

let's go live now to java drano who's in islamabad based expert on political and geo strategic issues very good even if you judge it let's start with a monk words wary anthracis that pakistan is ready for war do you believe he's sincere about that or is this just an attempt to get the attention of the international community. well in domes of military build up. is on a regular well there's a military build up on along with the borders with india not only in kashmir were also of the international borders with india so to that extent pakistan remains a deep in pakistan's if force is also on the red alert and then did have been. obvious ones border with india. and so many soldiers from those have been cute and every next to india has been killing civilians on pakistani side of the. stand there is a situation like of war like situation it is not a full scale war but i think there is a bigger trouble something has pointed out and that is the mean indian part of. it has been under. one month people are dying of starvation because of knuckle medicine and then people inside. this asking secur

corresponding and it looks as if islamabad has got a very good relationship with beijing what's going on in kashmir what india has done and if pakistan is squaring off against india. with china if you will that means a diplomatic call friend is not going to be available anytime soon surely. absolutely china is a close regional office and spend billions of dollars into china pakistan economic or a do it's building ports bridges highways and they're closed regional allies and the 2 countries also claim parts of the indian and mr to here as their own in fact the chinese foreign ministry spokesperson came up with a strong statement just a day off that the indian government here decided to revoke the autonomy of administered kashmir and split the state into 2 the indian government of course has long maintained that all matters related to the disputed kashmir region is this in turn the and it is so for an affair of india the same rebuttal issued by the external affairs minister here in new delhi in response to a slum about. privacy brown kind of cited to come up with this 5 point action pla

you're aware of that i myself served as an indian diplomat in islamabad so please understand there are normal diplomatic days of dealings that countries when countries deal with each other that's the late to do it but using terror to try and push you are goals is not believe that normal states behaving no democracy is the acknowledge are except talks when dead or tags stop better to stop ducks yes or. yes right that's the indian ambassador saying goodbye to dean to the united nations giving his response pretty much to the fact that there has been a closed door security council meeting the chinese ambassador came out and address the assembled media. as did the pakistan ambassador saeed diem when introducing himself did say that he's new is obviously a new ambassador a new recruit and he certainly making an impression watching all of this with us of course is our correspondent who's at there the u.n. and mike interesting isn't it because we just heard the indian response and it's sounds as though the 2 sides pakistan and india are as divided as ever they were on the issue of kashmir. ind

we have a team of reporters live for you this hour come on high that is in islamabad with comments from pakistan's foreign minister let's begin in new delhi and priyanka goup thurso we had quite an attempt to evoke a very romantic image of the future of jammu and kashmir in that speech right priyanka. that's correct in fact probably sooner in jammu he has been speaking it's been almost 30 minutes since he a census much anticipated speech began where he was expected to lay down all the plans that he has for the disputed region of kashmir and he has done just that he has come up with a bouquet of promises from economic opportunities to opening the region for tourism and more jobs for people and also inviting bollywood producers to come and make films he's handed as a historic decision and said to and blamed article tree 70 ad $35.00 a the 2 constitution approved provisions which the government of india revoked on monday and also split the region which was finalised by a resounding vote in the 2 houses of the politicians with the majority of problem m.p.'s supported the government's positi

all of that is now gone. 0ur correspondent asif farooqi is in islamabad. the government statement says that the committee has decided to downgrade diplomatic relations with india. now, what this means is that pakistan will be recalling its high commissioner to india, and vice—versa. india will have to do the same. the other thing which the committee has decided is to suspend bilateral trade with india. pakistan and india do not have a huge trade twin them, but along the border, in punjab and then kashmir region, they used to be local level trade which will now not happen. this trade was helping local communities in the region. pakistan also decided today that it will take this matter to the united nations security council, and independence day of pakistan, which is on 1a august, will be celebrated as the solidarity day with kashmiri people, and on 15 august, which is india's independence day, that will be celebrated as black day in pakistan. more now on the story we brought you from canada, where police believe they have found the bodies of the two teena

to reaffirm support for their god martin all right thank you for that correspondent live in islamabad rights activists say at least 8000 people have disappeared after being arrested by security forces in indian administered kashmir this data covers a period since the beginning of the conflict in 1909 but it is disputed by the indian government activists say india's public safety act allows security forces to detain individuals with insufficient evidence for a trial for the past 17 years parveen hunger has been waiting for her missing son to rich. my name is privy i hang i'm from kashmir i'm 65 years old my son was taken away by security forces and army in 1900 since then i've been looking for him at 3 o'clock in the morning the security forces raided he used to go for studies at his cousin's house he used to either stay there for the night or come back home that's night he was staying there when they raided they thought it was the house of the local rebel he was dragged out into the road where they had their vehicles and he was only wearing his undergarments they removed his cousin's

our correspondent secunda kermani is in islamabad. well, kermani is in islamabad. there were conflicting rep about well, there were conflicting reports about exactly what happened along the line of control. the pakistani military said three of its soldiers and five indian soldiers were killed, while the indian army denies suffering any losses. clashes between the two sides in that region aren't uncommon and this comes at a particularly dangerous moment. last week india stripped the part of india it controls a bit special more autonomous status. analysts believe this is part of a drive by the hindu nationalist government in india cracking down on a muslim—majority province, and the move has infuriated authorities in pakistan who believe kashmiris should be given the option to vote for independence from india and become pa rt independence from india and become part of pakistan. prime minister imran khan has called on the international community to intervene and tomorrow the un security council will hold a closed doors discussion about

our correspondent secunder kermani is in islamabad. just how bad did you good today with that flare—up over the border? just how bad did you good today with that flare-up over the border? well, there were conflicting reports about what happened along the line of control. the pakistani military says that three of its soldiers and five indian soldiers were killed, while the indian army denies it suffered any the indian army denies it suffered a ny losses. the indian army denies it suffered any losses. clashes between the two sides in the region are not uncommon, but this comes at a dangerous moment. last week, india's trip to be part of kashmir that it controls, which has been home to a long—running insurgency, of its special, more autonomous status. now, analysts believe this is part ofa now, analysts believe this is part of a drive by the hindu nationalist government in india cracking down on a muslim majority province, and the move has infuriated the authorities here in pakistan, who believe that kashmiris should be given an optio

i look alive after our correspondent is in the pakistani capital islamabad as a really strong language then coming from the foreign minister and even from imran khan the prime minister himself likening it was seen as a same likening what's going on in indian administered kashmir to naziism and warning that if the world ignores this is almost equal to the appeasement of hitler . absolutely strong read today of course coming from the foreign minister. but always of the prime minister should be interesting to note that the bugs on the foreign minister left all august on the administered kashmir yesterday he said he would be celebrating or rather all deserving not celebrating aid would it be better for your sunny administered maid and the old age. because she made it to have fled india and minister because she made i've started. the message was that by just on board bar and and cause. obviously right now besides that war of words. ratcheted up diplomacy the foreign minister has been speaking to poland. because they have a seat permanency if i'm not drawing at the united nations security co

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our correspondent asif farooqi is in islamabad. the islamabad statement says the committee has decided to downgrade diplomatic relations with india. what this means is pakistan will be recalling its high commissioner to india and vice—versa india will have to do the same. the other thing the committee has decided is to suspend bilateral trade with india. pakistan and india do not have a huge trade tween them but along the border, info djabou and kashmir region, there used to be local level trade but that will not happen and this trade helps local communities in the region. pakistan also decided today it will take this matter to the un security council and independence day of pakistan, on the 14th of august, will be celebrated as the solidarity day with kashmiri people and on the 15th of august, india's independence day, that will be celebrated as black day in pakistan. asif farooqi for us there. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: fears of uk food shortages. calls for competition laws to be relaxed if there's a no—deal bre

indian government to preparing to prove its control there al-jazeera is kemal hyder reports now from islamabad. the prime minister called a meeting of fate national security committee of the cabinet that tended by all the armed forces chief. said that the united nations security council should take note of. that it developing in the region pakistan had blamed india for sending tens of thousands of troops into indian occupied kashmir that it standard india may go for another day on the other hand india had denied that. their munition which are banned under the geneva convention august on war and the international community to take note of that right there was being the prime minister saying that time for called towards now and the us president should mediate but india has said all along that it is not by lead to an issue that has to be between islamabad and new delhi let's get the indian perspectives straight on charlie is professor and dean at the gentle school of international affairs. so there is a lot of jihadist activity and lot of a fundamentalist groups that are itching to attack non mus

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are high between the 2 nuclear powered neighbors as he treated accusations of attacks on each other islamabad is accusing india of using banned plastic bombs new delhi says pakistan is standing fight is to stage attacks across the border the valley is on the edge fear and panic over how little is known about what's to come priyanka gupta is here now pakistan's prime minister has warned that tensions with india other made could escalate into a regional crisis come on high the has this update from islamabad the pakistani prime minister. a committee of the cabinet by all the chief. said that the united nations security council should ignore the very theory. that are developing in the region blamed india for sending. troops into it means that it. may go for another on the other hand. you. which are banned under the geneva convention on war and the international community. of the theory or. the prime minister at that time for now and the us president should mediate but india had said all along that it. let's get more on this we're joined now by christopher sneddon he's director of strategic and in

of prime minister emraan khan's cabinet minister chaudhry thank you very much for being with us from islamabad now you have earlier called the indian government a phosphorus regime that into a minister sheikh rashid and i have both the indian move here. is that all too farfetched. how it is too farfetched just look at what is going on in kashmir one look at the atrocities that indian government is committing in bushmeat its soldiers on or on every. 8 or. meeting citizens we have one indian soldiers right now their rights of communication have been halted literally the one kashmir has practically. there the whole leadership of kashmir is behind bars even though even the leadership that has traditionally brought india that is now behind bars so the kind of atrocities india is committing is no different from the palestine or whatever happened in the past you know when does external affairs ministry or 1st of all this some calls it negative sentiments and it says that pakistan is using it to quote justify its cross border terrorism what do you say to that. what is just what is the cross border tha

they've also been large protests across pakistan about 8000 people turned out for a demonstration in islamabad despite tarantula rain they heard at the international community to address the situation in kashmir and also called on china to stand with. the u.s. president to school for commonsense solutions to address gun violence but donald trump assured the national rifle association its views would be respected his comments of come almost a week after at least 31 people were killed in 2 mass shootings in ohio and texas. frankly we need. intelligent background ok this is a great event are a republican or democrat i will tell you both to mitch mcconnell yesterday he's totally on board he said i've been waiting for your ball is totally on board but 2 senators that it may be by friends of mine but pretty hard line senators we don't want. guns in the hands of the wrong people i think that the republicans are going to be graded leading along with the democrats fighting in yemen and southern port city of aden that's continued for a 3rd consecutive day with reports of at least 20 people being killed

take control of its only muslim majority region outside the indian embassy in the pakistani capital islamabad kashmiri refugees protested. the. yes there were question of the authority of the articles there can be any indians fears are still going to be able to grab their hand in are quite kashmir they can be still going to. kashmir and secondly are the indian occupier don't want me to have been directly given by india and better and better through. and there is no is somebody no note for note here in this thread served up well we are protesting here for the reject indian grind up that. pakistan condemned india's move calling it illegal and following counter measures hours before the announcement the indian government launched a security crackdown in indian administered kashmir arresting regional leaders and suspending telephone and internet services now comes the risk that political and legal battles may spill over into violence on the streets of kashmir. for pro-democracy demonstrators in hong kong have clashed with riot police for the 3rd day in a row security forces fired tear gas as acti